Many people ask if they can visit Bealtaine Cottage Permaculture Gardens and I always try to oblige if it’s at all possible!
Some advance notice is welcome, as life on 3 acres on one’s own can get pretty full on at times.
Last evening I was called by a friend, who wanted to know if she could bring a neighbour of hers to visit Bealtaine.
Her neighbour referred to me as “the woman who plants the trees!”
(By the way, it’s a beautiful morning as you can see from the pics!)
It’s an odd thing to do really, plant trees…so far over 900 planted!
Odd, in so far as so few people get this obsessed! Trees change every aspect of one’s life.
As I sit here typing this blog, the birdsong is magical and very loud!
My childhood was impoverished as far as trees were concerned.
I grew up in…
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This last few weeks have been a mix of planting trees and cutting some back. In a smaller garden to yourn, yet not so small, the balance of trees has to be managed and enjoyed. Better than the garden just south of here with just grass, nothing but grass, a path straight down the middle and a washing line. Here we have height and depth and hidden wildlife of birds song, of ponds full of creatures, of nature doing the thing nature does best: Living and growing beautifully.
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Your very own Nirvana!
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I, too, am a tree planter. On a smaller scale, of course, as I have only my urban backyard. I am planting a food forest and now have 17+ fruit and nut trees, along with currants, gooseberries, cape gooseberries, strawberries, gogi berries, elderberries, herbs and annual food crops. I live in California and we only recently got a decent rain after 4 years of drought. My “forest” loves it and has become a jungle. And I love it. I stood in the first rain and just let it pour down on me I was so happy to see it.
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Ah…wonderful rain, so glad to hear it!
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